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Banepa (Nepal Bhasa: भोंत) is a municipality situated in a valley at about 4800 ft above sea level in central Nepal. Banepa, the historical town, is about 25 km east from Kathmandu. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it has a population of 24,764. The main attraction of Banepa is the temple of Chandeshwari, located approximately 1 km northeast of the town along the Rudramati River. The Dhaneshwar Temple is 1 km south of the town. Banepa is also well known for its eight different temples of Lord Ganesh, Narayanthan, the temple of lord Narayan, Bhimshenthan, the temple of Lord Bhimshen and eight different ponds. ==History== "After having had the favours and directions of goddess Chandeshwari, king Anandadeva founded seven cities, viz, *Banepa near Chandeshwari Pitha *Panauti near Prayaga Tirtha of Nepal *Nala near Nala Bhagawati *Dhulikhel near Narayana *Khadpu near Dhaneshwar *Chaukot near the resident of Chaukora Rishi *Sanga, near Nasika Pitha. Anandedeva united the scattered villages and made modern Banepa surrounded by eight gates with a Ganesh (the elephant - headed god of good omen) at each of the gates in eight different directions in kaligat year 4197 (around 1153 B.S.). He also built a temple of Chandeshwari and arranged a trust fund for the goddess. It is also believe that when entire Kathmandu Valley was covered with lake, there was a small kindgdom in Banepa. Some of the ancient name of Banepa were Banepur, Baniyapur, Banipur . As it had trade relationship with Tibet from ancient period, Banepa is also known as "Bhont", "Bhonta", "Bhon dey(भों देय्)". Banepa is the combination of two words i.e. "Bane" means 'Business' and "Pa" means 'Place'. Therefore, "Banepa" means 'Place of Business'.〔Banepa Stawan - Jnan Kaji Manandhar〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Banepa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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